This was supposed to be MY show!
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Player Information
Player name: Josie
Contact:
Are you over 18: Yes
Characters in The Box Already: None
Character Information
Character Name: Nikola Tesla
Canon: Sanctuary
Canon Point: Series End, S4 E13 “Sanctuary For None” (Part 2)
Is your character Dead, Undead or Alive: Alive
History:
Wikia Biography
Personality:
Nikola Tesla is described as “an acquired taste” by Helen Magnus and that isn’t far from the truth. There aren’t many who can get along with Tesla at first. He really has to grow on you.
First of all, this little genius is incredibly arrogant and conceited. He looks out for number one (for the most part) and number one only (or so he’ll say). He is brilliant, and that much is obvious, but he also knows he’s brilliant. And that’s where most of his insufferable traits come from. This arrogance makes him almost impossible to work with unless you are incredibly patient with him or on a level of intellect that is comparable to his own (because a level equal to his own is just impossible in his book). He tends to work well with Helen Magnus and sometimes, Henry Foss. Tesla will openly announce he is the most brilliant one in the room and have no shame in pointing it out any chance he gets. He aims mostly to look out for himself only, but despite this selfish behavior, he has been known to risk life and limb for Helen, as well as protect others. He even developed the antidote for the Lazarus Virus (though, he did take personal offence when Biggie refused it at first). He is known to worry about Helen’s safety and even preformed some very dangerous maneuvers to rescue Henry Foss.
Nikola has difficulty controlling himself. He’s rather changeable and almost on the verge of bipolar if you were to classify him psychologically. When he was first introduced, he came in offering to save Magnus’ life for just a kiss. He revealed his love for her, and that he always had loved her, but when she refused to join him, he shrugged it off and tried to kill her. His moods are near unpredictable at times and that makes him a tentative ally at first. Later on, he seems to tilt more on the side of good rather than evil, and has even defended the Sanctuary with Magnus and Henry. The change in his personality seems to happen after he loses his vampiric traits and spends time as a human in the Sanctuary, trying to crack the secrets of the Praxian Map. Without the vampiric nature, his bloodlust was gone and he was working directly under Magnus’ influence. It didn’t make him any less arrogant or any more likeable, but somewhat less prone to evil.
Being part human and part vampire, he has an incredible pride in his race—the Sanguine Vampiris part of his race. The Source Blood injected into him back in the 19th century recognized a bit of Vampire DNA in his blood and allowed it to overtake his human nature. He was effectively transformed into one of the extinct Vampires and has had to live his life on a serum developed by Magnus that sates his blood lust so he doesn’t need to feed on humans or animals. Even after being apart from her for sixty plus years, he still used the serum in place of human blood. For a long time, he was dead-set on reviving the Vampire race until the day he met another pure blood vampire and she was a total “inbred bitch”. Upon trying to kill him and use Magnus as a human canteen, he decided he liked being the only one left.
Tesla can be very dangerous when agitated or in one of his moods, but he can also be a very powerful ally. As your ally, it is a good idea to keep in mind that he might have an ulterior motive to aiding you. As of late, the biggest danger he poses is to Helen’s winery. His “immortal metabolism” prevents him from intoxication, and he does have quite a love for wine, so he will drink bottle after bottle with no end in sight.
Nikola can be quite sassy most of the time. He’s keen on witty comebacks and general snark, often using these skills to hit on Helen Magnus every chance he gets. Even in a perilous situation he can find time for flirty sass. When the Adam AI for the Praxian nanite has them cornered in a virtual world, Helen asks him how his magnetism works in the virtual world, his reply is a simple and flirty, “You tell me.” She expresses her exasperation and he shrugs it off nonchalantly.
When he isn’t hitting on Magnus or generally causing trouble, he’s working on new ideas and technology. Brainstorming designs and building incredible gadgets (that can also cause mayhem, but sometimes that’s unintentional). There are times when he’s so incredibly naïve about his work. For example, he half-way developed an energy grid to keep just about anything contained, but when Henry Foss mentions that SCIU will overcharge it and use it to kill everyone inside, he is upset, going as far as to insist that was not what it was designed for. The realization of the malevolent capabilities of his device in the wrong hands leaves him incredibly upset.
For someone hell-bent on world domination, Tesla has yet to actually dominate the world, and in fact has helped save it. As of late, he’s become more of a good guy than he would like to admit, helping Helen and the Sanctuary out when he can. He almost never questions the tasks Helen gives him unless there are legitimate concerns. Going as far as to even object and hesitate to leave her in the face of danger, when she planned to destroy the Sanctuary with herself inside to fake her death and protect abnormals.
Abilities/Strengths and Weaknesses:
Strengths:
➤ Vampire: Nikola is a vampire—well, part vampire. After being injected with pure Vampire blood, his vampiric heritage was revealed when the blood twisted his nature into that of a vampire. This involves three inch long black claws, sharp teeth, black eyes, enhanced speed, strength, healing, and longevity.
➤ Immortal: He’s incredibly hard to kill. His body heals impossibly fast and he is impervious to electric shock due to the electric nature of his powers.
➤ Electro-magnetism: Originally, he possessed the ability to manipulate electricity, but upon being returned to a mere human mortal during an accident, he lost that ability, gaining the ability to create and bend magnetic fields. Nothing near on par with, say, Magneto, but it can be quite useful. After regaining his vampiric traits, he retained the electro-magnetism.
➤ Genius: As a descendant of the brilliant race, Sanguine Vampiris, he is on the genius level of the intelligence scale. He is Nikola Tesla, after all.
➤ Polyglot: Nikola can speak and read a variety of different languages, including German, French, Serbo-Croatian, Latin, Ancient Sanguine Vampiris, and Praxian(Sort of).
Weaknesses
➤ Overconfident: Nikola is very egotistical and confident in his own abilities.
➤ Haste: Tesla has the tendency to forget common sense in the face of discovery and knowledge. It nearly killed him when he was human, but resulted in his re-vamping.
➤ Naïve: His life is devoted to science, for the most part, and when he's inventing, he very rarely thinks of how people can twist his devices into something dangerous (provided they aren't already meant to be dangerous).
➤ Blood: In order to maintain his strength, he must ‘drink’ blood. Helen created a serum for him to replace this need with an animal plasma base. However, without feeding, he is weakened.
➤ Helen Magnus: Not a typical weakness, but one of his weaknesses nonetheless. He is desperately in love with her and her brilliant mind. This can be problematic at times.
Samples
Network/Action Spam Sample: Test-Drive Thread Or:
[With a jolt, Nikola's eyes snap open, blue-grey focusing on the ceiling. He's lying flat on some kind of bed in a somewhat dark environment. A hand moves to cradle his head, memories blurry upon waking, but they're slowly returning to him. There was an explosion. Yes, he and Henry had been outrunning the self destruct sequence Helen activated in the Sanctuary. They made it out just in time for the building to be reduced to smoke, flames, and debris. He had been with Henry, but that was the last thing he remembers. If he'd been injured, he would have already healed, and it was very unlikely that he'd died. But Helen...
Quickly, the brunette thrashes himself off the bed, spinning about the room, looking for another bed--for another occupant in the room. ...for her. Worry rose up in his chest, tightening it, and forming a knot in his throat. He'd been against this plan! They hadn't even really tested the wolf-child's personal shield, even after the modifications they made to it. What if it failed?]
Prose Log Sample:
Nikola Tesla, vampire genius and smart-ass extraordinaire, found himself wandering the halls of the Sanctuary in distress. For the thirty-fifth time, he keyed the walkie and spoke, "Helen, this little game isn't funny anymore." His tone had gradually gone from light and jovial to irritated and finally what it was now, somewhat frantically worried. He couldn't find her, she wasn't answering her radio, and even her hairy assistant was clueless as to her whereabouts.
Tesla brushed by her lab again, glancing inside as he'd done ten times already in the span of an hour, when he decided to actually enter and perform a more thorough search. To his enormous relief, there was the woman in question, tucked away in a far corner with her head down on a table top. He smiled fondly down at the sight and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Helen," He waited for her to lift her head, blinking blearily, before he continued. "I think your bed might be more comfortable."
"I think you might be right." She replied, pealing a page of test results from her cheek.
"Wonderful! I'll join you!" Tesla chirped and clapped his hands together with a mischievous little grin.
This seemed to take a moment to register in Helen's groggy mind before she rolled her eyes and said his name, sharply clipped in warning. She couldn't help the small smile on her lips, however.
The Vampire didn't seem discouraged by her tone in the least. When was he ever one to be discouraged by Helen Magnus? He held out a hand to help her to her feet and used his hold to steer her towards the door when Henry and Biggie ran past before backtracking.
"You could have called." Henry griped, crossing his arms, facing off with Tesla. Behind him, Biggie grunted and nodded his agreement with the HAP.
"Oh, my apologies. I didn't know I had to inform the kids. I'll be sure to give you a call next time, Heinrich." Tesla quipped back, smiling toothily and gracefully danced past the pair with Magnus in tow.
"Nikola--"
"Oh, don't worry, Helen. I'll kiss their foreheads and tuck them in for you, you needn't worry." He cut her off and smiled brilliantly in her direction.
"What?" Confusion bloomed across her features. "No. I meant, I am perfectly capable of finding my bedroom on my own, thank you."
"Suit yourself. But I'd still be more than happy to keep you company in--"
It was Magnus' turn to cut him off, holding a hand up. "Goodnight Nikola." She turned from him and continued down the hall, leaving him standing there grinning.
